Campaign 2008: U.S. Senate

Lawyers for Democrat Al Franken and Republican Norm Coleman took widely opposing views on which standard the three-judge panel hearing the Senate election case should use to count absentee ballots. The court held a special hearing Thursday on streamlining the number of ballots under consideration.
(02/12/2009)

Since last November's election the campaigns of Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken have collected a total of nearly $6.4 million dollars to help finance their recount operations.
(02/02/2009)

Minneapolis election judges may be asked to take the stand in Minnesota's U.S. Senate election contest. But many election judges say it's hard to remember what seemed like minor details from a hectic day two months ago.
(01/22/2009)

Republican Norm Coleman's campaign says the recount in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race was invalid and unreliable. Some conservative critics have gone further. They suspect the recount was rigged. But members of the state Canvassing Board defend their work as "thorough, open and bi-partisan."
(01/14/2009)

The scuffle over a replacement senator
for President-elect Barack Obama highlights an obstacle likely to
keep Democrat Al Franken from taking office in Washington before a
court challenge over his apparent victory in Minnesota is resolved.
(01/07/2009)